Number of romantic figures

Chapter 2161 The guizi scroll faces each other with swords facing each other, and the small town fights fiercely

"My lord, the rebel army is coming up again." Panting, the guard ran up from behind, "It's at the south gate."

"How many people are there?" Man Gui twitched his cheeks and nodded calmly.

"I still can't see clearly. It looks like there will be no less than 2000 people. There are about sixty or seventy ladders, and there are about twenty siege vehicles. This time they prepared a lot of wooden shields and curtains, and they came prepared."

The soldier's answer made Man Gui couldn't help grinning, showing his white teeth. This gang of rebellious troops is getting more and more used to this kind of siege warfare, and the scale is getting bigger and stronger.

Needless to say, the wooden shield is a large shield made of wood, which can effectively resist the blows of bed crossbows, trebuchets, and bows and arrows.

The veil is a cloth curtain supported by wooden poles. This thing can effectively block the projectile of bows and arrows. After being flooded, even rockets are difficult to work. Therefore, it is also an earthen shield invented by the rebels.

These things return to the soil, but they are very effective against low-rise cities like Siyan City, especially if you attack from several directions at the same time by relying on the large number of people, your side has only more than [-] people. Some left and right clumsy.

If this continues, Man Gui doesn't know how many times his 2000 people can support the charge.

"The grandsons of Si Yamen, who have transferred the salt, are still unwilling to take out the silver?" Man Gui gritted his teeth as he walked, and said in a bitter voice, "Do you really plan to carry these silvers to the tomb? The rebellious army came into the city, could it be that these Can the silver still be kept?"

The soldiers smiled wryly without words, everyone understands this truth, but the gang of elm lumps in the yamen of the salt envoy just don't know what to do, and they don't want to take out the money from the salt class to boost the morale of the soldiers, even if you just use it to deceive everyone It's good to be a guy.

"My lord, it's too late to say these things now. I've seen enough of the battle at the South Gate. I'm afraid I have to bring up the reserve team. I'm worried that if I can't hold on, it will be too late." The soldiers followed Man Gui is an old soldier this year, so he doesn't have so many taboos when speaking.

Although the age is similar to that of Man Gui, they also followed him from Laoyingbao, Shanxi Town. At the beginning, there were only a dozen or so people who followed him, and they were all from the countryside.

"You go and ask An Chongxiu to send two sentries from the third department to prepare at the south gate. I also know that the risk is high, but we have to guard against the west gate. I'm worried that this gang of thieves will attack everywhere and catch us by surprise." Man Gui thought for a while, "Let An Zhongxiu take the remaining three whistlers to rest near the bell tower, ready to reinforce the west gate at any time, and I will personally go to the south gate."

An Chongxiu is the third of the remaining three departments. He is a man of color, but he is brave in battle and is a good player. Although Man Gui is a little younger than him, he has the same temper as the batch, so they have a tacit understanding.

There is not enough manpower on the west gate, because considering that the rebel army just fought a fierce battle on the west gate yesterday, leaving more than 300 corpses and retreating, so Man Gui thinks that the possibility of the rebel army attacking the west gate is slightly less, and the manpower is limited, so he will It can only be strengthened at the north gate. Because the city wall is higher at the east gate, the rebel army has been harassing at the east gate, so you can be a little relieved.

Running all the way to the south gate, Man Gui just took a look and knew that the guards had made a mistake in their judgment.

The chaotic army was at least 3000 people, especially the follow-up infantry, although they were scattered, but they began to gather when they were about [-] steps away from the city wall, which was a precursor to a charge.

"Let An Chongxiu send one more sentry immediately, and keep two sentry posts on standby at the bell tower!" Man Gui immediately changed the order, but he didn't dare to mobilize too much, otherwise if something happened to Ximen, it would be too late for his side.

Before An Chongxiu's reinforcements arrived, the rebel army had already begun to surge in.

There were about 500 people on the road in the center, carrying five or six wooden bumpers and jogging in small steps. In front of them, wooden shields and curtains were raised high to prevent the archers on the city wall from attacking.

The biggest difference between the guards and the rebellious army, or the biggest advantage in comparison, is the well-organized crossbowman. This kind of long-range strike weapon is always a sharp weapon that can cause the most damage to the rebellious army, and there are few in the rebellious army. Archers who can shoot well, even if they are available, are rare, and it is difficult to assemble an organized strike force.

Siyan City is too small. In addition to the advantage of archers, the few remaining bed crossbows have also been carried up to the top of the city. Except for the east gate, there are two each at the west gate, south gate and north gate. The purpose of deterrence is greater than the actual effect.

The trebuchets were also built temporarily, and there were nine of them. There were four on the south gate, but because they were made by craftsmen temporarily, they were crude and rough.

But no matter how you say it, there are archers, bed crossbows, and catapults. The entire defense system is basically in place.

The chaotic army is no longer like the swarm of bees rushing forward in the past two days. They have obviously learned the previous lesson, tightened their formation first, relied on wooden shields and veils to reduce losses, and advanced steadily. When they entered the attack with only a few dozen steps When they were within a distance, they suddenly spread out, forming countless attack arrows and rushing forward, trying to use their manpower advantage to capture the city at once.

They had already practiced this tactic yesterday, but Man Gui had already prepared for it. First, he concentrated his efforts to shoot and kill the soldiers behind the ladder fighters and the siege vehicles, slowing down the attack speed, and then organized specialized elites to attack at the top of the city. The blockade at the city gate.

Especially when the siege engine approached, the archers immediately divided into two groups, and cross-shot from the two wings, making the short ten-step siege engine ladder a road of death, which greatly weakened the threat of the siege engine , This is also bullying that the rebellious army does not have enough archers to suppress one side of the city wall.

Man Gui swung his knife across the throat of a rebel soldier who had just had time to climb the battlements. The opponent didn't even have time to make a sound, so he fell down the wall clutching his throat, but soon three rebel soldiers came from Climb in from the side and take the opportunity to jump into the city wall.

A soldier raised his spear and made a thrust. The opponent was also an old soldier. He blocked the stab with a side attack with a leather shield in his hand. He squatted slightly, and the horizontal knife in his hand chopped fiercely at the soldier's knee.

The soldiers withdrew and turned around, erected their spears to block the fierce chop, and took advantage of the situation to slash the opponent's head forward. The soldiers of the rebellion were also quite flexible, and raised their leather shields to parry the blow, and the horizontal knife cut across the waist again. Cut, the knife is fierce, seeing the soldiers can't avoid this cut in the middle.

Man Guihuan's knife was upside down, swung sharply, parrying the opponent's blow, but kicked his right leg fiercely, kicking on the opponent's waist, the opponent staggered, but the soldiers had already come to the wall, spear With a stab in the chest, the whole house was instantly amazed.

The man in the rebellious army screamed unwillingly, threw away the leather shield and horizontal knife in his hand, and tried to struggle while holding the spear. The child pushed out of the crenel of the wall, fell down, and died instantly.

Man Gui didn't hesitate at all, and the ring knife was fired again and again. Two rebel soldiers who had just had time to climb up the crenel were cut off by him twice in a row. The soldiers raised their spears with red eyes and stabbed fiercely, nailing the two rebel soldiers who had just jumped off the crenel before they had time to stand firm on the city wall.

The reinforcements of the An Chongxiu Department finally caught up. Nearly [-] soldiers came from both wings and quickly beheaded dozens of rebel soldiers who had just had time to rush to the top of the city. Then the archers got a chance to breathe. Only then did they start to switch to rockets again, shooting at the siege vehicles and ladders continuously. The sky filled with fireworks mixed with choking smoke scorched the offensive and defensive soldiers in the entire southern city, like a purgatory field.

It wasn't until the last few rebel soldiers were surrounded that Man Gui heaved a sigh of relief, put down the ring knife, took out a cloth towel that had already been soaked in sweat, and wiped the sweat from his neck. A burning pain came from behind the ear, and after wiping it off, the blood that had already condensed soaked in again, staining the sweat towel dark red.

"My lord, are you injured?" The guard was startled, and hurried forward to check the injury.

"Hmph, I should die long ago. I haven't felt it for so long, so it's not a problem." Man Gui wiped it, and felt that it should be a stray arrow or was cut by the enemy's blade. He couldn't even think about it. No matter when and under what circumstances it was caused, but the wound is not deep, just apply a little Jinchuang medicine casually.

Before he had time to breathe a sigh of relief, another person came rushing from the west gate, Man Gui sighed, and he knew it was not a good thing at a glance, he lifted the ring knife, tightened the belt around his waist, and exhaled: "What's the matter? "

"My lord, Mr. Duan is here to report that the Ximen enemy army has launched a general attack. There are more than 5000 people in total. He can't hold on. Please send troops to support him!"

"What about An Chongxiu?"

"Lord An has already sent reinforcements up, but it's not enough,..."

"Well, I see." Man Gui said in a deep voice as he walked forward quickly: "Transport those dozens of barrels of gunpowder for use, and send a signal to the outside of the city, ordering them to attack when the opportunity arises, we can't bear it." Hold on, victory or defeat is in one fell swoop!"

The cavalry who were ambushing and hiding outside the city hadn't moved, not because they were reluctant, but because they were too few in number, and they were thrown in hastily just to deliver food, but now that they are not guaranteed, the city will fall and people will die, so they don't care much.

As for the dozens of barrels of gunpowder that could be used for three-eyed firecrackers, but the quality of the three-eyed firecrackers was so poor that Man Gui simply discarded them, but Duan Xipeng suggested that these dozens of barrels of gunpowder could be released at critical moments, even if Even if it explodes loudly, it can also shake a group of people and play some role.

The victory and defeat depend on one action. If you can overcome this battle, you can survive for a day, but if you cannot overcome it, then everything will really be over.

(End of this chapter)